Today, we went on an excursion to one of the oldest breweries in Germany: Fürstenberg. Before we left, Bekah went to get some döner for the trip, but alas—the stand was closed, so she mimed her food-needs to the lady at the backery instead. After Bekah met Tim at the Uni, they got on the bus that took them to the train that took them to the historic city of Donaueschingen in the black forest.
We got to borrow some stylish orange vests (that we had to give back at the end).
Some highlights of the tour:
- German Beer Laws: By law in Germany, Beer can (and must) have only 4 ingredients – malt, yeast, water, and barley.
- Beer Witches: In the early brewing days, they didn't add yeast to the beer because they didn't know any better (usually environmental yeast was there anyway). However, sometimes, the beer wouldn't ferment, and this is when the people would start looking for the beer witch that ruined everything.
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| No Beer Witches Here! |
- The bottling center: We got to look inside the bottling center where they have the capability of processing something like 100,000 bottle an hour.
- Free beer: At the end, we were led to the old ice cellar that they've re-done into a nice beer hall
Tim even got to get in on this photo with the Beer Meister:
This city is also the official "source" of the Danube. When the Romans were in control of the land, they couldn't figure out where the water was coming from, so they found this underwater spring and called it the source.
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| Yep, you are looking at the "source" of the Danube ...a river that is 2,860 km (1,777 mi) long. |
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